Here's some useful resources you can call on now to help retrain your pain system.
Untanglr is a project established by co-founder of Tame the Beast, Dave Moen. His group offer tools for patients and clinicians looking to improve chronic pain. Sign up below for more information about pain recovery.
Understanding pain
Online pain treatment
Tame the Beast co-founder created the Untanglr online courses and coaching for people looking to overcome chronic pain. This program has undergone a successful clinical trial, in collaboration with Professor Lorimer Moseley’s pain research group.
Patient perspective
Dr Tasha Stanton for the ABC’s Health Report interviewing a patient about their experience resolving long-term pain.
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TED talk
A TEDx talk by Professor Lorimer Moseley called Why do we hurt?
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Listen
A 20-minute podcast for clinicians and patients that explores positive strategies to treat chronic pain
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Clinical skills
Permission to Move is a great new book that puts forward a refreshingly simple approach to pain recovery.
Pain science
Explain Pain, written by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley and published by NOIgroup is a beautifully presented text with accessible information for clinicians and patients looking to treat chronic pain
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Animation
A really helpful introductory animation for patients looking to make the first steps toward recovery from long-term pain
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Read
Painful yarns, written by Lorimer Moseley, is a series of stories and metaphors that will help you understand your pain.
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Moving towards recovery
Telehealth/ video consultation
Tame the Beast co-founder Untanglr offer individual and group coaching for people looking to overcome their chronic pain. This program has undergone a successful clinical trial, in collaboration with Professor Lorimer Moseley’s pain research group.
Learn
A free course in mindfulness is offered by Monash University. Mindfulness training can help you use your own brain power to retrain your system. This online course is not specific to pain, but it can be helpful for pain sufferers.
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Learn
Another online programme, called Reboot, has been put together by St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. The course takes a multidisciplinary approach to pain management and is based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). You can learn a range of skills to help you better manage your pain and improve your quality of life.
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For health professionals who want to know more
Permission to Move is a book about pain science with a refreshingly simple approach to treating chronic pain. Permission to Move comes from the founders of Tame the Beast - co-authored by Dave Moen and endorsed by Lorimer Moseley
Explain Pain Supercharged, written by Lorimer Moseley and David Butler, is a manual for clinicians who work in the field. It is full of immediately practical information to help clinicians better understand the treatment of pain and how to help patients rethink, re-engage and recover.
Complete a Masters in Pain Medicine or Pain Science at the University of Sydney or University of Edinburgh or McGill University.
Complete a Master of Medicine (Pain Management) course at The University of Sydney.